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Cochise County care team describes crisis response, Legacy Foundation grant and a case where community and county resources 'lifted' a family's burden
Summary
The Cochise County Sheriff's Office's Community Assistance, Response and Engagement (CARE) team described on-air how the unit responds to behavioral-health-related 911 calls, its Legacy Foundation grant funding and a recent high-acuity family case that the team and local partners helped stabilize.
Dr. Alana Buencini, leader of the Cochise County CARE team, described the unit as an alternate 911 response that handles behavioral-health calls and follow-up support to keep people from repeatedly calling 911. "We are an alternate response unit within the Cochise County Sheriff's Office," Buencini said on KWCD's First Watch.
The nut graf: Buencini said the CARE team responds to incidents that are not a crime, fire or medical emergency, but where de-escalation, follow-up or non-law-enforcement interventions are appropriate; the unit is part of emergency services and works with dispatch to deploy behavioral-health resources when needed.
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